4 I Know That Grip!

The next few days were quite calm,it had to be though. My exams were around the corner and that was the only thing on my mind,ok that's a bit of exaggeration though. it's about 60% of what's on my mind. I had been obsessed deeply with the guy in the panda mask and had barely touched the cover of some of my textbooks.

What annoyed me the most was the fact that I knew nothing, absolutely nothing about him. Aside from the fact that he had a black van. I didn't even know the plate number or the name of the van. I was really starting to question my investigative journalism skills.

I locked the door firmly behind me as I left for the schools library. Alex had not been home for some days now, I had called her several times and explained to her on texts that her exams were just around the corner, she would always give me a crappy excuse and find a way to change the topic. Finn had gotten her locked in his hands and I didn't know if I would call it love or lust but which ever it was, the feeling was strong.

She had already moved most of her accessories into his room off campus and only came back when she needed something really important and unfortunately her books hadn't been one of those things.

Though I now enjoyed the tranquility the room now possessed, even I had to admit that I missed Alex. Now that i had broken up with my boyfriend and didn't have a bestfriend, my life had been kind of boring and it's not like i didn't really have anything fun to do, but hell, exams were around the corner and I didn't want to be stuck reading novels online, cause only Lauren could bring me out of that loop of chronic novel reading and I sure wasn't in the mood to ask her anything.

I slid the room keys into my back pockets and headed out, I had a group study with some of my course mates in the library, I was wearing a blue hoodie and a black trouser and covered my face as best as I could with my hood, the last thing I wanted now was Lauren or Tyler running up to me in school, public apologizing over again.

I had made up my mind about them and it was final, I had cut all ties with them since that morning and though I talked with Lauren's parent three days after, it was solely because they were my personal friends and I had known them since childhood.

I arrived at the library at about five thirty pm, Calvin, Dawn and Charlotte were waiting for me, we had previously outlined some topics we were going to cover, atl least if I wasn't going to help myself, I would let these guys do it for me and luckily for me, they enjoyed my company greatly. I walked into the library to see them already digging the books in front of them, I moved up to the table they were on.

"Oh well Ms Hall, you are late...again" Calvin began.

"Calvin you seriously don't have to call me that and am sorry guys, I got stuck on something"

"So what are we studying today" I asked pulling out an empty chair

"The differences between journalism and public relations and how they...

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The lesson finished exactly two minutes after seven, Calvin had left an hour earlier after receiving an important call, so Me, Dawn and Charlotte walked ourselves home, our dorms were close and so we will all separate at almost the same place. The night was already dark, too dark I must say for a seven pm and the school was a bit scanty, owing to the coming exams. Chills ran down my spine, the last time I had walked this campus alone in the dark I knew what had happened. Come on Amber, my brain cut in sharply, you're doing as if you didn't enjoy it.

"fuck you!" I half screamed. Charlotte and Dawn turned to face me with confused looks on their face . "Sorry , i didn't know I said that out loud. I apologised as I silently wished that their was a way I could punish my brain.

I walked closely with them holding Dawn in the hands, if the guy in the panda mask was smart, which I unfortunately knew he was, he wouldn't attack me now, he wouldn't risk it, I assured myself vaguely. I paced foward confidently with that thought and true to my predictions, he didn't show up. I got to my room and with a huge sigh of relief, I slid the key into the keyhole, opened the door and walked in.

I had this smile on my face though, you know that smile you have when you know that you have covered alot in your syllabus,oh well I had that smile. I took of my hoodie and my vans, throwing the hoodie to my bed, I walked to the mirror to remove the ribbon I used to tie my hair and then I noticed something, the chairs in the room had been shifted and my drawer had been left slightly opened.

There was something about me, I wasn't the brightest or smartest student in my class but I had this gift, the ability to remember things exactly as they were arranged or kept. Like if a table moved a single inch or curtain was drawn slightly open, I would notice and I noticed that something was wrong here. I could point out many minute things that had changed from the way I left it but I quickly shredded the thought. It was definitely going to be Alex, only her, me and the school had the key to this room, so it had to be her. Although I also knew Alex would never come home without calling. Oh well I thought, her battery is probably dead or something.

I took of my shirt wearing only my bra and walked to my wardrobe to bring out my super comfortable XL Nickers jersey. As I opened one of the wardrobe doors my phone rang. I turned to go pick it when I felt someone grip me from behind, definitely from the closet I thought. The person covered my mouth with his palms while the other hands tightened my body. I started to struggle to get free and then I noticed it, I knew that scent, I knew that grip. Fuck! it was him , The guy in the panda mask!